karwar port

The unloading of a coal consignment in karwar port has kicked up a row with port officials being blamed for negligence.

CID officials surveyed iron ore stored in karwar port for the second day on Friday. The team, with the help of forest revenue and mines and geology officials is trying to find the exact quantity of iron ore in Karwar.

Preparations for the second phase expansion of the Karwar commercial port are on and soil testing in the sea for this purpose is being carried out. Karwar is one of the few natural all-weather ports in the world. After the commissioning of the INS Kadamba naval base adjacent to the port, development of the port had come to a standstill.

Following a complaint that petroleum products are stored without complying with safety measures, a team of officials, which included the chief controller of explosives (CCE), inspected karwar port on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to stop the expansion work of karwar port, which handles three million tonnes of cargo per annum and services the hinterland of northern Karnataka, Goa and southern Maharashtra.

Preetam Masurkar, a local leader, had complained to the chief comptroller of explosives (CCE), Mumbai, a few days ago that Karwar commercial port has no security arrangements required to handle explosives.

The entry of the Dubai-based cargo ship, M V Shahin, into karwar port, without prior knowledge of the port and Coast Guard authorities has exposed the lack of co-ordination between the port and various security departments.

Minister for ports and harbours, Krishna Palemar, has issued a stern warning to karwar port authorities to bring the sailors of controversial ship `M V Shahin' to Karwar and allow the police to interrogate them.

The department of mines and geology (DMG) that is already under fire for its mishandling of the iron ore case, is again in soup for not keeping the documents of granite transported to and exported out of karwar port.

The Baithkol Aligadda residents forum on Saturday alleged that the port, revenue and pollution control board officials were responsible for the hazard caused by the leakage of molasses from storage tanks at karwar port.

Aligadda are opposing the move by the port department to hand over 2 acres of land to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) which wants to build two terminals in the area.

It is a new lease of life for the 14 crew members of the merchant ship, MV Infinity, which was stranded in the Arabian Sea off karwar port, when they were rescued by the personnel of Indian Navy and Coast Guard on Wednesday night. The ship was stranded in the middle of the sea on Wednesday night as it developed a big crack in the base allowing sea water to gush in.

Uttara Kannada DC N S Channappa Gowda in an order, directed police and other government agencies to regulate the movement of iron ore and granite lorries from Yellapur town to Baleguli and from Baleguli to Belekeri port near Ankola and to karwar port, under the Central Motor Vehicle Act 1988.

The tug with a Hong Kong flag is owned by a Mumbai-based company. It was brought to Karwar for pulling ships to the jetties, but developed problems.